Any hope for Wharton??

Masala2012
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:41:07 +0000

Hi guys! I would usually never make this chance thread, but I honestly have no idea whether I should even get my hopes up or not. I’m a junior, and I know right now Wharton is most definitely my first choice. Any hope?

ACT: (will take in a couple of months) practice tests have been telling me 34/35

SAT II:
Math II (June)
Physics (June)

Course Load: (toughest available to any junior in my school)
Honors Physics
Honors Precalc/Calc BC
Honors English
AP US History
AP Spanish
AP Chemistry
AP Macro (selfstudy due to scheduling conflicts)

Current GPA: currently 4.0 UW, weighted is released at the end of the year

Awards:
High Honor Rolls
Principal’s List
Scholar Athlete
3rd place in regional science research competition
Will enter many more science competitions this coming spring

ECs:
Science Research (since 9th grade)
School Newspaper (since 9th grade) (currently a writer/section editor) will be editor in chief next year (HUGE time commitment)
Key Club Member
Amnesty International
May work on starting FBLA in school (?)

Volunteer Work

Helped start a entirely self-run candy store in local religious center to help with fundraising since 7th grade (100s of hours)

Local hospital volunteer since 9th grade
-Various walks/fundraising events with school’s community service club

Work-experience (never actually worked for money)
-Science research summer intern for very large research institute in NYC (unpaid internship)

Summer experiences
-Visiting relatives and doing service work in Pakistan
-Conducting research project
-Next summer: hopefully LEAD summer business institute at UPenn (if I get in) and another science research project

So…any chance? Please tell me what you think and what I should me doing further to help me.

Thanks soo much!